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Foodbanks and Social Justice: We Need a New Conversation About Poverty
An ethnographer on the rise of food banks in the United Kingdom: “We need a new conversation about poverty that looks at the actual, lived experience of people who are living through it.”
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Top Flickr Photos from 2016
The staff at Flickr sorted through billions of photos from 2016, compiling the top 25 images based on popularity and curation. This small selection highlights some of the most stunning photography on the photo sharing service.
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Looking Back on Thirty Years in the Warehouses of Oakland
“This marginal life, this DIY life: in it, they created themselves. We created ourselves. This is why spaces like this matter more than ever now, as gentrification scours the creative life out of Oakland.” Kaya Oakes reflects on the Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 people in December 2016.
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Life in a Forgotten Corner of Europe
When your country’s border is perpetually redrawn: “Katija’s sister lives less than a mile away, in what is now Belarus. Despite the short distance, Katija has to make an almost 90-mile round trip in order to reach a border crossing.”
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An “Open Apology” Gone Viral: Amy Rawe on Blogging, Community, and Dolly Parton
A blogger reflects on a post read by millions in the short span of four days.
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Gone But Never Forgotten: An Interview with Author Alexandra Shimo
Author Alexandra Shimo suffered post traumatic stress disorder after visiting Kashechewan, a Canadian fly-in reserve.
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Building an Online Home: A Historical Fiction Writer’s Customized Author Hub
Novelist Julian Stockwin uses the Profile theme for his personalized author hub.